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The sun appeared resembling a new moon (M. of W.). 



1125 A famine year (Rogers). 



In this same year was so great a flood on St. Law- 

 rence's mass day (Aug. 10) that many towns and men 

 were drowned, and bridges shattered, and corn and mea- 

 dows totally destroyed, and famine and disease among 

 men and cattle ; and for all fruit there was so bad a 

 season as there had not been for many years before 

 (A. S. C) 



Frost so intense that the eels were forced to leave the 

 water and were frozen to death in the meadows. The 

 dearest year known for wheat (Robert de Monte). 



1126 There was a great famine, and so great was the dear- 

 ness of provisions that no one had seen the like in our 

 time, for a horse load of corn was sold at the price of six 

 shillings (Roger de Hovedeti). 



Note, a horse load was one quarter, or eight bushels 

 (T.H.B\ 



1129 On St. Nicholas' mass night, a little before day, there 

 was a great earthquake (A. S. C.). 



The sun was turned into darkness and the day into 

 night for nearly half an hour, and the stars were visible 

 (M. of. W.\ 



1130 Ordinary value of a sheep fourpence. 



1131 After Christmas, on a Monday night at the first sleep, 

 the heaven was on the north side all as though it were 

 burning fire, so that all who saw it were so affrighted as 

 they never were before. That was .on January nth. This 

 same year was so great a murrain of the cattle as never 

 was in the memory of men over all England. That was 

 in neat and in swine, so that in the town where there 

 were ten or twelve ploughs going there was not one left, 

 and he who had 200 or 300 swine had not one left. After 

 that died the domestic fowls, then flesh meat became 

 scarce, and cheese and butter (A. S. C.). 



1133 August 2. A wonderful and extraordinary eclipse 



